Association between the types of offence, demographic profile, and level of intoxication among substance abusing violent offenders in a Nigerian prison

• Main Authors: Aishatu Yusha'u Armiya'u (Author), Francis John Davou (Author), Micheal Tekura Agbir (Author), Friday Philip Tungchama (Author), Yusufu Taru Maigari (Author), Taiwo James Obindo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The association between substance use and criminality can be deduced from the acknowledgment of the increase of what are commonly called drug-defined offences, and those offences committed while under the influence of drug and/or alcohol. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of subs...